Background: Globally and in Thailand there are growing numbers of aging that can lead to chronic diseases. This study aim to study the dietary and exercise behavior of Muslim elderly.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a sub district of Pra-arjarn, Thailand. Total of 174 elderly Muslims were selected by simple random sampling method.
Results: This research reveal that the majority of them between 60-98 years old and had the illnesses, such as hyperlipidemia (85.1%), diabetes mellitus (77.6%) and hypertension (46.0%). The frequency of food consumption such as soymilk, milk, and calcium added milk ranged from 0-2times/week. Chicken, entrails, desserts, sweet beverages, and coconut milk were consumed on an average of about 3-7times/week. We found that most of the participants were health knowledge in healthy food consumption and exercise was good level (89.7%) while health behavior and belief in healthy food consumption and exercise were moderate level 60.3% and 67.8 %, respectively….
Source: Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
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